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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SILAS G. RANDALL, OF GREENE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMELIA A. RANDALL, OF SAME PLACE.

ATTACHMENT FOR'COOKlNG-VESSELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,718, dated June 20, 1882.

Application filed February 14, 1882.' (No model.)

, saturated with moisture and dampens the walls.

Theobject of my invention is to provide means for carrying off and preventing the escape of such fumes or vapors, and thus keep the atmosphere pure. This I accomplish by the simple, economical, and readily-adjustable device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the top of a stove with a boiling-pot thereon, showing the manner of applying my invention'. Fig. 2 is a sectional view,showingthe manner ofconnectin g the several parts together; and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan View, showing the manner of joining or hinging the pipes.

A is the stove; B, the stove-lids C, a boilin g-pot occupying the place of one of the lids. a is a nipple formed near the edge of one of the lids B, and b is a nipple formed near the edge of the pot-cover E.

A sectional jointed or hinged pipe, D, the upright parts 0 d of which fit over the nipples a and VI), places theinteriors of the pot and stove in communication, so that the steam or vapors from; cooking will be drawn by the draft into the stove and carried away.

The upright sections 0 d and the cross-section 0 may bejointed in any suitable manner.

They are shown as connected by elbows on the pipe e, which fit snugly into elbows on the pipes c d. This construction is preferred, as it permits the separation of the parts for cleaning. The pipes may, however,be permanentlyunited by forming a head on one of the elbows and spinning the other down over it. The sectional pipe may thus be adjusted vertically to adapt it to low flat vessels-like pans-or to higher vessels or pots.

In order to give the necessary lateral adjustment to suit covers of vessels of various sizes, stoves of different sizes, and vessels on dilferent parts of the stove, I place the nipples eccentrically on the stove-lid and vessel-cover, so that by turning them the parts may be brought into proper relation.

The device is simple, is readily adaptable to any stove and vessel, and is very efficient for the purpose designed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isv 1. The combination, substantially as set forth, of the vessel-cover, the stove-lid, and

the connecting-pipe hinged to flex vertically,-

for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the vessel-cover, the stove-lid, and a connectingpipe eccentrically connected with the lid and cover, substantialy as described.

3. The combination of the vessel-cover, the stove-lid, and the hinged connecting pipe, which fits over the nipples placed eccentrically on the cover and lid, substantially as described.

4. The stove-lid formed with a nipple for the reception of the pipe 1), substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony \vhereofI have hereunto subscribed myname this 9th day of February, A.

s. G. RANDALL.

A Witnesses:

NELLIE L. HoLMEs, E. O. DAvInsoN. 

